• Genealogies:
1. The line to Israel
a. Adam to Noah (1:1-4)
b. Descendants of Japheth (1:5-7)
c. Descendants of Ham (1:5-7)
d. Descendants of Shem (1:17-27)
e. Descendants of Abraham (1:28-37)
f. The Edomites: The line of Esau and Seir (1:38-54)
g. Israel's sons (2:1-2)
2. The Tribe of Judah (2:3-4:23)
a. Line to David (2:11-15)
b. Other significant Judeans(2:16-55)
c. Davidic Line of kings (3:1-24) -- end suggests time of writing
d. The rest of Judah (4:1-23)
3. The Tribe of Simeon (4:24-43)
4. The Transjordan Tribes (5:1-26)
5. The Tribe of Levi (6:1-81)
6. The Tribes of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher (7:1-40)
7. The Tribe of Benjamin (8:1-9:1a)
8. The Postexilic Community (9:1b-34)
1 Chronicles 3:16–24 (ESV) — 16 The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son; 17 and the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, 18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah; 19 and the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister; 20 and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five. 21 The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah. 22 The son of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
• We won't read the above passage. These are all the significant sons of the line of David.
• Why are they included?
• There is hope
• The line of David is not ended
• The Messiah is still protected
1 Chronicles 4:9–10 (ESV) — 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
• This is unique to Chronicles and interesting. This is what we might call a theological periscope
• What does Jabez name mean? Sorrow
• There was an ancient belief that the name represents the character and there was a fear that evil consequences might follow the boy (Gen 35:18 is an example). In light of that context, what is the writer conveying?
• God can overcome the liabilities of the past and present
• The writer believed in the efficacy of pray (we will see this more throughout the book)
1 Chronicles 4:31 (ESV) — 31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned.
• So this is a verse in the line of Simeon. The tribe essentially disappears and is absorbed into Judah. Part of their area was also Philistine area
• Joshua 19:1, 9 (ESV) — 1 The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. … 9 The inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.
• Why bother to mention a tribe in such great detail that essentially had vanished?
• The writer want to convey the idea of a complete Israel. Again, God is not finished with his people and has not forgotten them
• In Revelation, the tribe is included in the 144k
We now move to the Transjordan tribes (Chapter 5)
1 Chronicles 5:1–2 (ESV) — 1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; 2 though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),
• Reuben is the first of the Transjordan tribes, there are two and one-half
• Reuben
• Gad
• Half-tribe of Manasseh
• Thompson says that Reuben was absorbed by the tribe of Gad. All the tribes were taken away by the Assyrians
1 Chronicles 5:18–22 (ESV) — 18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him. 21 They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men alive. 22 For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.
• There is a message that the Chronicler will repeat over and over again and it comes out in these verses. What is it?
• It doesn't matter you great strength or your lack of strength
• The Transjordan tribes did not have a leader (or at least no king or leader is mentioned). We don't know when this happened.
• What was their source of victory?
○ They cried out to God in prayer
○ They trusted in God
○ God answered their prayer
In contrast to the example of trusting God, we have another example
1 Chronicles 5:23, 25–26 (ESV) — 23 The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. … 25 But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
• What is the contrast in this group?
• Idols destroyed them
• We have idols today as well -- what are our idols?
○ Things
○ Possessions
○ Titles
○ Our image of God
APPLICATION / PRINCIPLES (4-6)
1. To remind us of God's control
2. To remind us that our victory is found in trusting God
3. To remind us that our victory is found in prayer
4. To remind us that it is not our strength or leaders that is important, but that God is the only one that is important
5. To remind us to turn from sin and idols
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